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| author |  Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2015-03-08 17:12:47 +0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-12 13:45:18 -0700 |
| commit | aeb6f8b3a2bbfd8b48a967139fbf4581e5345182 (patch) | |
| tree | f759a3a0ae8b8645a5be1ca145e7259ff89effe3 | |
| parent | untracked cache: guard and disable on system changes (diff) | |
| download | tgif-aeb6f8b3a2bbfd8b48a967139fbf4581e5345182.tar.xz | |
git-status.txt: advertisement for untracked cache
When a good user sees the "too long, consider -uno" advice when
running `git status`, they should check out the man page to find out
more. This change suggests they try untracked cache before -uno.
Helped-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-status.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 4d8d530d35..56573bd86e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some -time in a large working tree. You can use `no` to have `git status` +time in a large working tree. +Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see +`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index +--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status` return more quickly without showing untracked files. + The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles |